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Eas·ter Audio pronunciation of "easter" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (str)
n.
1. A Christian feast commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus.
2. The day on which this feast is observed, the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox.
3. Eastertide.
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east·ern Audio pronunciation of "eastern" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (strn)
adj.
1. Situated in, toward, or facing the east.
2. Coming from the east: eastern breezes.
3. Native to or growing in the east.
4. often Eastern Of, relating to, or characteristic of eastern regions or the East.
5. Eastern
1. Of or relating to the Eastern Church.
2. Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
*I think we can establish that EASTER and EASTERN are two quite different things :\
* There is always the oddball chance that I am horribly wrong :\